Magnifying the early episodes of star formation: super-star clusters at cosmological distances

2017 
We present VLT/MUSE and VLT/X-Shooter spectra of two faint (m_uv ~ 30.6), young ( 12), despite the Lya line flux is expected to be 150 times brighter (inferred from the Hbeta flux) arising in a mostly photo-ionized medium ([OIII]5007 / [OII]3727 >10). The detection at the same redshift of a spatially-offset and strongly-magnified (\mu >50) Lya emission at ~2 kpc, with a de-lensed spatial extension 34 (de-lensed) and EW(Lya) > 450\AA\ rest-frame. This is the first confirmed metal-line emitter at such low-luminosity and redshift without Lya emission, suggesting that a highly fluctuating Lya visibility might be in place also in these regimes and small sizes.
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